Shannon Barnes leads development and implementation of product vision for K2 Integrity’s Dedicated Online Financial Integrity Network (DOLFIN) platform. DOLFIN, used by financial crime compliance (FCC) experts in financial institutions, FinTech, and government organizations, delivers training and certification to help institutions meet regulatory requirements and build a culture of compliance. Shannon is working with clients and FCC specialists to develop a community center in DOLFIN that will bring together subject-matter experts to tackle complex FCC problems.
Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Shannon worked at Palantir Technologies, partnering with critical public and private sector institutions in Australia and North America to tackle complex enterprise data challenges and develop world-class software. Shannon also served in the Australian federal government as a senior policy manager and intelligence analyst advising on counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency operations, large strategic power rivalries, anti-money laundering (AML), and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). At AUSTRAC (the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre), Shannon was directly involved in the development of the 2012 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) methodology for assessing the effectiveness of AML/CFT systems.
Shannon holds an M.A., with honors, from the Strategic and Defense Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He received a B.Comm., with majors in economics and politics, and a B.A. in Asian studies, with majors in Asian history and Mandarin Chinese, from the University of Sydney. Shannon is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
